Budd Lake, New JerseyJune 1963

Unidentified

Summary

This case is dated June 27, 1963, near Budd Lake, New Jersey. A civilian wrote a letter to the President asking what an object in the area was. The matter was passed to the Air Force and recorded in Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The record card itself does not describe the object's shape, color, size, course, or duration. Those details were not reported. The file mainly contains the routing of the letter and the Air Force's reply.

In a letter dated July 12, 1963, the Air Force told the witness it had determined she sighted the Echo satellite, moving in an easterly direction at the date and time she reported. The Air Force evaluated the case as the Echo 1 satellite.

Reported location

Budd Lake, New Jersey

Date of incident

June 1963

State / country

NJ / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 48

Original case file scans

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BB 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS, !
3 27 June 1963 Budd Lake, New Jersey O Was Balloon
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E cut Not reported \ 0 Air Visual QO Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircroft
4 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE O Was Astronomical
4 D Yes O Probably Astronomical
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3 Not reported One Not reported O Unknown :
3 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29001561